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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
1
The year closed with uneven progress. some sectors showed life while core industries like steel, railroads, and electric utilities stagnated or regressed. Fear of taxation, regulation, and possible government ownership dampened investment, risking broad harm to banks, insurers, and savers tied to basic industries.
An account of St Josephs Church second team losing 27 22 to Woodie Blundr led team. Father Harrison calls for more parish participation and proposes a parish league with several teams. Girls and women to sign up with Louise Coon or Bernadette Flynn. boys and men with Rivard Day. Games open to all parish members with public 10 cent admission tonight Jan 3 at 8 30 p m against Lehman Diners. curtain raiser 7 30 p m.
The January meeting of the Brim field unit of the Home Bureau will be held Thursday at 1 30 PM at the home of Mrs C L McClellan. Miss Dorothy Swig Home Advisor will lead the lesson. New members joined this season under a quota plan for dues with outside fund raising. members pay 3 50 of the 500 assessment, the rest from group work. Thursday is final day to sign up under the plan. join the local Home Bureau.
The article argues national distress requires action to protect constitutional rights and private property. It urges cooperation between political and industrial leaders, promises government support for honest business, and insists that confidence, not fear, will restore prosperity and lift the nation toward better times.
Christmas day and weekend gatherings clustered around Carter and Oakes households with extended kin from Canton Hampton and Washington D C. Attendees included the Reed Shaffer Kellogg Adams McClellan and Gervin families plus many relatives. TheHoliday party at C L McClellan’s home featured Edward Lee Ruth Ann Moore and a lively program of games, stunts, and music.
There will be a meeting of the library board on Friday January 4 with officer election as the key feature. Joseph Harker installed worshipful master of Harch lodge No 33 Masons at Elmwood last week. He celebrated his 8th birthday in December and is an authority on the history and rights of the order. Other officers include Jas 8 Harker chaplain Fred Walliker S D la Martina BS 8 Rudolph Savage J 8 Britifi citizens in Elmwood organization.
Local items list social visits dinners and gatherings across Elmwood and surrounding areas. Activities include Grange dinner for Elmwood Kiwanis, Christmas visits in Galesburg and Farmington, baby birth, school and hospital updates, and upcoming Laura Grange officer installation with names and roles.
Funeral services for W. R. Mitchell were held at Marietta Presbyterian Church with Rev J. M Bown and Rev S. Ho ton assisting. He was born June 29 1858 in Hampshire County West Virginia and moved to Nebraska as a youth. Mitchell served three terms in the State Legislature, never missing a roll call, and he and his wife Addie fostered several children. He died December 21 1934 at age 76 years 6 months in Wahoo Nebraska leaving his wife, siblings, and extended family.
The seventeen months old son of Watter and Eilta Simone Miller died during the night of December 28 1934 after a months long illness that began with whooping cough and pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the home with Rev R W Newell conducting. burial followed in Princeville Cemetery. The obituary includes a poem about death and eternal life.
Mr and Mrs Walter Miller and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and help during their bereavement.
Mrs Phoebe Walker Borin wife of Dr W A Borin died at the Bartonville residence. Services were held at Wilton Mortuary Chapel on Saturday afternoon and burial was in Galva cemetery. As Phoebe Walker she was a frequent visitor here and will be well remembered by many.
Rev. Thomas Spencer pastor of the Methodist Churches here and at West Jersey escaped injury when his car skidded on icy pavement south of Lanta and overturned last Wednesday. Two priests were demolished and the top aged.
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